The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-11-05
For the purpose of electine

For the purpose of electing
One person for Governor of the State of Mary
land.
One person for Comptroller the Treasury of
the State of Maryland.
One person for Attorney General of the State of
Maryland.
One person for Senator from Baltimore county,
in the General Assembly of Maryland.
Six persons for members of the House of Dele
gates, from Baltimore county, for the General
Assembly of Maryland.
One person for Register of Wills of Baltimore
county.
One person for States Attorney of Baltimore
| county.
One person for Sheriff of Baltimore county.
One person for Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
of Baltimore county.
Three persons for County Commissioners of
Baltimore county.
Three persons for Judges of the Orphans Court
| of Baltimore county.
One person for County Surveyor of Baltimore
county.
One person for Associate Judge of the Third
Judicial Circuit of Maryland.
@s- The polls will be opened at o'clock A. M.
and closed at o'clock p. M.
MS-The Returning Judges are required and
| directed to make their return on the second day,
Thursday following the election, to the Clerk of
| the Circuit Court for Baltimore county.
Attention is particularly directed to the follow
ing Act of Assembly, passed at January session,
| 1886, chapter 112:
AN ACT to provide for taking at the general cleo
ton to be held in the year eighteen hundred and
eighty seven, the sense of the people i'll regard
to calling a convention for altering the Consti-
| tuition, or framing one, according to pro-
visions of article fourteen, section two of the
Constitution.
| SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
| of MuruIoad That M the GENERAL election tn
be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
| in November, eighteen hundred and eighty seven,
at the same places where county and city elections
| are held by law for the election of Delegates
to the General Assembly, every person entitled to
| vote for Delegates to the General Assembly shall
be entitled to vote on the question of a call of
convention for altering the Constitution, or franz
| ing a new one, by expressing in writing or in
printed form the words ''For Convention" or
| against Convention" as the case may be, and
in case there shall be any ballots without the des-
ignation above prescribed, the same shall not be
counted for or against convention, but seperate
| return shall be made by the Judges of Election;
and it is hereby provided that the Sherifs of the
| several counties and the Sheriff of Baltimore city
shall give notice of the day above designated for
holding said election for a call of convention in
the same manner and for the same time requir-
| ed for notice of the election OF members OF the
| General Assembly.
SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the several
Judges of Elections of this State to receive, ac-
| curatey count, and duly return the number of
ballots cast to the several Clerks of the counties
of this State and to the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore city as the same are now required to
| be returned for the election of Members of the
House of Delegates, and the several Clerks afOre-
| said shall return to the Governor within ten days
after said election the number of ballots cast for
and against the call for convention and the num-
Der of ballots without the designation aforesaid.
SEC. g. That as the Governor shall
ceive the return of the number of ballots at said
election for and against a convention and for the
| number of ballots without the prescribed designa-
| ton, which may be termed blank ballots, it shall
| be the duty of the Governor to count and cast up
the same and thereupon make proclamation of the
| result of said count.
SEC. 4. That in case of the refusal or neglect of
any Judge of Election of any Clerk of the Court
or any Sheriff aforesaid, to make any of the returns
or to perform any of the duties required of them
by this act such Judge, Clerk, Sheriff so refus-
ing or neglecting shall be liable to indictment for
such offence and upon conviction thereof shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be sem
fenced to pay fine OF not less than one thousand
dollars and imprisonment in the Jail of the county
| or city where such offence may have been COM
| mitted for q term of not less than six months.
Approved March "a, 1886.
Notice to Hotel Keepers and all Others
Who Deal in Liquors.
For the information of all persons concerned,
the following Act of the Legislature, passed March
Oath, 1865, is published;
CHAPTER 191.
AN ACT prohibiting the sale of spirituous or fer
mented liquors In the several Counties of the
State on The day Of Election.
SECTION L. Be it enacted BIZ the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for
the keeper of any hotel, tavern, store, drinking
establishment, or any other place where liquors
are sold, or for any person or persons directly or
indirectly, to sell barter, give, dispose of any
sprituous or fermented liquors, ale, beer, or in
toxicating drinks of any kind, on the day of cleo
ton hereafter to be held in the several counties
the State.
Sec. 2. And be IL enacted, That any person
violating the provisions of this Act shall be liable
to Indictment by the Grand Jury of the county
where the offence is committed, and shall upon
conviction before any Judge of any of the Circuit
Courts of this State, be fined sum not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollar,
for each and every offence-one- half the fine shall
be paid to the informer, the other half TO tn,
County Commissioners, for the use of public roads
SILAS v. MILLER,
Sheriff of Baltimore county.
Aug. N.-te.